Founders: A Novel of the Coming Collapse is a 2012 novel by author James Wesley Rawles and is a sequel to Patriots: A Novel of Survival in the Coming Collapse and Survivors: A Novel of the Coming Collapse. The novel was released on September 25, 2012 by Atria Books, with the followup book Expatriates: A Novel of the Coming Collapse being published by E.P. Dutton. The book premiered on the New York Times Bestsellers list at #11, but dropped to #27 a week later. The book also hit #4 in Amazon.com's overall book rankings (and #1 in their Action-Adventure category) but it settled to #19 by the end of the week. It was also #10 on the Publisher's Weekly best sellers list.
Synopsis
Founders: A Novel of the Coming Collapse is partly set near Fort Knox, Kentucky and details how U.S. Army Captain Andy Laine infiltrates the Provisional Government's New Army in the midst of the War of Resistance. It also details the cross-country trek of Ken and Terry Layton, and introduces a new character: Joshua Watanabe, a U.S. Air Force NCO, stationed at Malmstrom Air Force Base, in Montana.
Reception
Founders was one of the topics of discussion in an interview with George Noory of Coast To Coast AM on September 6,, 2012. Reviewers at USA Today gave the novel mixed reviews. In his brief review of Founders, Gregory Cowles of the New York Times Sunday book reviews column poked fun at the comma in Rawles's name, but granted: "Rawles is a well-known survivalist, and he’s surely the only writer on this list whose fans frequently ask him how best to stockpile food (it depends on which food) or whether to favor bullets over gold during the total collapse of civilization (“You can’t defend yourself near as well with a Krugerrand”)." In an interview with EMPAct radio, Rawles described the storyline of Founders, how it fit in with his previous novels, and its geography. He also mentioned that the novel includes Ken and Terry Layton, who are crossover characters from his first novel, Patriots: A Novel of Survival in the Coming Collapse. Founders was also touted by talk radio host Brian Wilson (of WSPD), who called it "a great read". In a lengthy interview with Jordan Rich of WBZ Boston, Rich described the book as a "taut thriller."
Synopsis
Founders: A Novel of the Coming Collapse is partly set near Fort Knox, Kentucky and details how U.S. Army Captain Andy Laine infiltrates the Provisional Government's New Army in the midst of the War of Resistance. It also details the cross-country trek of Ken and Terry Layton, and introduces a new character: Joshua Watanabe, a U.S. Air Force NCO, stationed at Malmstrom Air Force Base, in Montana.
Reception
Founders was one of the topics of discussion in an interview with George Noory of Coast To Coast AM on September 6,, 2012. Reviewers at USA Today gave the novel mixed reviews. In his brief review of Founders, Gregory Cowles of the New York Times Sunday book reviews column poked fun at the comma in Rawles's name, but granted: "Rawles is a well-known survivalist, and he’s surely the only writer on this list whose fans frequently ask him how best to stockpile food (it depends on which food) or whether to favor bullets over gold during the total collapse of civilization (“You can’t defend yourself near as well with a Krugerrand”)." In an interview with EMPAct radio, Rawles described the storyline of Founders, how it fit in with his previous novels, and its geography. He also mentioned that the novel includes Ken and Terry Layton, who are crossover characters from his first novel, Patriots: A Novel of Survival in the Coming Collapse. Founders was also touted by talk radio host Brian Wilson (of WSPD), who called it "a great read". In a lengthy interview with Jordan Rich of WBZ Boston, Rich described the book as a "taut thriller."
Introduction
Boid is a Twitter software application designed specifically for Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich. Like other clients, it uses Twitter's API to allow users to perform operations that are available from Twitter's web interface. Since its first alpha release on March 4, 2012, its use has grown significantly. The developers are Aidan Follestad, Phil Oakley, Graham Macphee, Federico Zubani), Zach Rogers. The project was started with Mike Stevens, but Mike left after around a week. This was before its first release in the Google Play Store. Aidan Follestad had been working on "Peeper" for Android that would have been an Ice Cream Sandwich Twitter client, but Phil invited Aidan to join Team Boid. The entire team is very young; all members are around 17 years old. Boid was conceptualized by Philip who later contacted Graham to see if he was interested. The pair then opened the offer to join the team on Twitter and received responses from Mike and Federico. The four developed designs and enrolled Aidan as the lead developer.
User Interface
Boid was designed to fit in with devices running Ice Cream Sandwich. The developers followed Google's design guidelines.
Boid is a Twitter software application designed specifically for Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich. Like other clients, it uses Twitter's API to allow users to perform operations that are available from Twitter's web interface. Since its first alpha release on March 4, 2012, its use has grown significantly. The developers are Aidan Follestad, Phil Oakley, Graham Macphee, Federico Zubani), Zach Rogers. The project was started with Mike Stevens, but Mike left after around a week. This was before its first release in the Google Play Store. Aidan Follestad had been working on "Peeper" for Android that would have been an Ice Cream Sandwich Twitter client, but Phil invited Aidan to join Team Boid. The entire team is very young; all members are around 17 years old. Boid was conceptualized by Philip who later contacted Graham to see if he was interested. The pair then opened the offer to join the team on Twitter and received responses from Mike and Federico. The four developed designs and enrolled Aidan as the lead developer.
User Interface
Boid was designed to fit in with devices running Ice Cream Sandwich. The developers followed Google's design guidelines.
Best Home Chef is an online food community launched by Winning Appliances in October 2012. Australian residents over the age of 18 are encouraged to upload, rate and share original recipes and cooking ideas via the website.
The website also simultaneously acts as a national cooking competition, with users competing for a chance to be involved in a live cook-off final in May 2013 at Winning Appliances' new Redfern showroom.
Chef mentors and the brands they represent include:
* Mark Best for AEG
* Anthony Fischbeck for Scholtès
* Adam D'Sylva for Siemens
* Luca Ciano for Smeg
* Pete Evans for Wolf
* Massimo Mele for Winning Appliances
The website also simultaneously acts as a national cooking competition, with users competing for a chance to be involved in a live cook-off final in May 2013 at Winning Appliances' new Redfern showroom.
Chef mentors and the brands they represent include:
* Mark Best for AEG
* Anthony Fischbeck for Scholtès
* Adam D'Sylva for Siemens
* Luca Ciano for Smeg
* Pete Evans for Wolf
* Massimo Mele for Winning Appliances
1equalmusic (founded 1 January 2011) is a publishing foundation, producing mainly printed sheet music, PDFs, and recordings on CD and MP3. The foundation brings together the research output of early music performing groups and editors, mainly TONUS PEREGRINUS, the works of a number of British composers including Antony Pitts, Adrian Jack, and John Pitts, as well as the radio output of independent production company and sound design studio Golden Radio. The name 1equalmusic, as well as the strapline "no noise nor silence, but one equal music" are derived from a well-known quotation by John Donne which begins "Bring us, O Lord God, at our last awakening...".